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Questions about designing the aesthetic look of websites, both practical and theoretical. For questions about coding the structure of a website, please go to Stack Overflow. For questions about the user experience, please go to UX.SE. Ask anything related to designing graphics and visual layouts ...

So I'm creating an entirely responsive website, with the aim of using as few media queries and magic numbers as possible. I've found after a number of attempts, that using the content to create the ...

I'm a web developer and I love Photoshop but unfortunately I have some design mock-ups sent over to me in Illustrator. When I viewed the document at 100% the text isn't even legible on my monitor. At ...

I think it would be great for div's/img's to get some of the functionality that "layers" have in photoshop.
Right now, using .png's, div's/img's/etc.'s have their RGB and alpha values. If you have a ...

I put both photos and significant blocks of text on a couple of websites I run. Currently, I'm using white text on black or dark gray. It's getting a bit old, and I think I'd prefer text darker than ...

I'm working on a calendar app that lets you toggle your vacation days. There's a feature for choosing which of those days count only half.
Usage: The user toggles some days, those days turn orange. ...

We are about to make the Chinese version of our charity website live but I'm not certain about the font we are using. Our Chinese office say they are happy with the system default but they don't have ...

I'm a web dev. My boss is an outdated physical media designer. We're working together on a relatively huge food delivery web system.
He just keep coming with these poor and ugly layout ideas. Clearly ...

Say you wish to provide sample high-quality images in your website but also wish to protect them from download, as in you can view them on screen but can't save from the website.
Is there a way to do ...

Newbie here. I like the web and UI design, and I know what good UI and good design is, but I lack Photoshop skills.
Sometimes when I try to do design work my mind goes blank or gets mixed up because ...

I know I can do multiple iterations of the same Smart Object within the SAME document and have it change all instances, but what about Smart Objects placed across DIFFERENT documents? That would be ...

The graphic designer for my club created a red and black logo (major color is black highlighted with red). Everyone thinks it looks great, and I agree. The issue lies with designing the site. We've ...

To get straight to the point, this is causing trouble:
The menu on top (work news about media) is a dropdown menu. The problem is that it has a white background, and the page is also white, and the ...

I am building a website for a student organization. Although I'm a novice at graphic design, I can do basic sites (bootstrap is a lifesaver) and am moreso of a pro when it comes to development.
The ...

I am working on a completely new blog from scratch. New logo, branding, house style, everything needs to be done. Now the logo that is designed for the website has 3 colors, brown, green and black. ...

Is it all right to use powerpoint images on your website? For example, If I draw an arrow using the shapes tool, can I then cut the image from the powerpoint and save it, Then use it on my website?
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I'm looking for online resources, image libraries, Photoshop actions, tools, or any other means of getting or designing bokeh images (those highly blurred pictures, with colorful circles) for use as ...

Are there any rules that are specific to web design, or that are otherwise elevated in importance in the context of web design?
Edit:
I'm thinking that there are probably some aspects of composition ...

How to create an animation of my webdesign so the client can see the interactivity in the page (including popups, tooltips...) instead of seeing a set of still images? I used to make this task using ...

I am developing a site and got given the design as a PSD, my question is, can I select an individual element, say the social media icons, and save them as an image?
What I have been doing so far is ...

I want to show a menu with indented items on top of a black background. I tried a lot of colors but can't find the right ones.
I'm using css property text-shadow:
text-shadow: 1px 1px #191919 , -1px ...

I am a web developer struggling with design issues. I have a blunt eye for colors and my design skills suck (I try to improve though).
I'm having issues with the feel of particular pages, I wonder if ...

I am working on a web page that displays some music note names such as "B", "Bb" (B flat), or C# (C sharp). For a better readability I would prefer to display the correct flat and sharp symbols.
It ...